What's New at Virtual Christianity

This log tracks the significant changes and additions to Virtual Christianity (which consists of three pages: Christianity, Bibles, and Software) so that return visitors can check on what is changed rather than having to search the entire site. Changes are arranged from most recent at the top, to oldest changes at the bottom.

May 20, 2001 - Have been updating links lately. Today, on software page, added some sites under search engines: DMOZ, Links2Go, Ask Jeeves, Zeal, ChristSites, and CrossDaily.
December 17, 2000 - Added Zeal under Web Search Engine Resource Lists.
December 15, 2000 - On Christianity page, made a new section for links to commercial sites to serve as a limited space for sites in the commercial-only arena. Added Surf-in-the-Spirit software browsing companion to Commercial section.
November 28, 2000 - Virtual Christianity can now additionally be accessed via www.virtualchristianity.org but will continue working via www.internetdynamics.com/pub/vc as well.
October 17, 2000 - On Bibles page, added Italian Bible and Concordance.
August 30, 2000 - On Bibles page, added J.B. Phillips New Testament and corrected the Portuguese Bible to its new location.
August 28, 2000 - On Bibles page, added Grail Psalter - The Book of Psalms - The Grail Translation (1963), and New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (by book). Under foreign translations, added Bybel in Afrikaans (a South African Bible), Albanian Partial New Testament, Bulgarian Bible, La Bible de Jérusalem (a French translation), Gaelic Gospel of Mark, and Slovenian Internet Bible. Under ancient translations, added Project Wulfila Gothic Partial New Testament and Olive Tree Bible Search Engine multi-translation site, which includes one Hebrew and many Greek translations.
August 27, 2000 - On Christianity page, added BibleVerseArt.com, which offers free on-line Bible verse illustrations. Removed TLeM Christian Music Resources, because it has closed.
August 24, 2000 - On Bible page, under ancient language translations, added Jewish Publication Society Bible, which includes Old Testament scripture in Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic (Pentateuch only), and JPS Jewish Bible.
August 17, 2000 - On Bible page, added The Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha (English version) an allegedly English translation of the New Testament that uses many Hebrew terms. Also added All-in-One Biblical Resources Search: Bible Versions and Translations, which allows you to search the major multi-translation on-line Bible sites and other Bible-related and academically-oriented sources.
August 13, 2000 - On Bible paged added another Latin Vulgate bible, a Latvian New Testament, two Dutch Bibles, an Icelandic/Háskóli Íslands Bible, an Indonesian Multi-Translation Bible, a Cubano/Philippines Bible and Audio New Testament, a Slovenian Bible Search, a Partial Japanese New Testament, and a Polish Bible. Added the English translation Aramaic Bible: Disciples New Testament, KJV Red-Letter New Testament, and the search page Bible Text Search . Added La Santa Biblia and an alternate La Santa Biblia, Farsi Gospels, and a Chinese Bible.
August 10, 2000 - On Software page, added Hebrew Interlinear Bible freeware download. Also added Tim's Bible Study Free Downloads, Tim's Freeware Games Page, Christianlinks Software Downloads, and Christianlinks Free Christian Wallpaper. On Bibles page, added WebBible Online, a Red-letter version of the King James Bible, as well as the King James Dictionary to help out readers of the King James version of the Bible. On Christianity page, Multi-resource sites, added Christian Answers Network along with a few of its major sub-pages.
August 9, 2000 - On Bibles page, added MyZoe.org HTML Bible Index - Young's Literal Version. Added MyZoe.org, which offers free e-mail accounts, to Christianity page.
August 8, 2000 - On Bibles page, added Arabic Bible Outreach, which has various Arabic Bible resources. Also added Postmodern Bible - Amos Commentary and the The Illustrated King James Bible. On christianity page, added CrossDaily.com Awesome Christian Sites. Removed Go/Infoseek search form:
August 3, 2000 - Revised Listings for Bible Gateway and Goshen.net Bible Search page (now listed as Crosswalk.com Bible Study Tools) to reflect recent changes. Added Crosswalk.com Interlinear Study Bible which shows KJV Strong's or NAS Strong's alongside the original Greek or Hebrew, with links to Hebrew and Greek lexicons.
July 27, 2000 - Added Jesus Answers to Bible Study section of Christianity page.
July 3, 2000 - Added Vietnamese Audio Bible to Bibles page, with audio files of NT and text of OT and NT.
May 7, 2000 - Moved Serious Developments from Christianity page to Software page. Added All Creatures.Org, a vegetarian-Christian site to christianity page. Corrected entries under Grace Notes and Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
May 6, 2000 - Added 1839 Biblia Hebraica book of Genesis in Hebrew to Bibles page.
February 20, 2000 - Created a new forum as an extension of Virtual Christianity, called "Bible Discussion and Sharing." Has forums for asking and answering questions about the Bible, sharing your favorite scriptures and parables, and recommending other christian Web sites.
February 6, 2000 - More changes to Bibles page: Removed broken gopher links to German, Swahili (partial), and Swedish Bibles. Added "How To Read the Bible for Better Understanding" article in intro to page. Added KJV, ASV, and HNV bibles from ebible.org. Added Bible.GotJesus.org Bible Search to English, Ancient, and Foreign Language sections. Added Hungarian/English Bible Search Page. Added Modern Literal Version of the NT (MLV). Under Apocrypha, added Gospel of Thomas and the Noncanonical Homepage. Added Swahili Bible from Ministry Mall.
February 5, 2000 - Lots of changes on Bibles page: Updated information for Olive Tree (adding NASB, MKJV, LITV, and removing a more modern Reina-Valera Spanish translation that used to be on the site) also adding direct links to many of the available versions. Added Revival Fellowship On-line Study Bible. Added four translations (KJV, NKJV, MKJV, LITV) from A Voice in the Wilderness. Added Bible Browser by chapter displays for KJV and RSV translations (which include Apocrypha). Added two other KJV bibles. Added many single translation versions including: The Holy Bible - NRSV, NCCB/USCC - New American Bible (NAB), ABS Search the Bible - Contemporary English Version (1995) (CEV), and American Standard Version 1901 Edition.
January 30, 2000 - Moved Skeptic's Annotated Bible from Bibles page to Biblical Discussion Topics section of Christianity page. Also added Skeptic's Annotated Bible Discussion Board. Updated the Unbound Bible description to reflect the many new translations and languages that have been added to the site.
January 9, 2000 - Removed a dead gopher link to Search Texts at UPenn. Also removed a dead link at Virginia to a King James Bible search page. Added Skeptic's Annotated Bible to KJV section of Bibles page.
December 1, 1999 - Removed two dead links: a danish and a norwegian bible. Added ScripTours Online Douay-Rheims Bible to Bibles page and Daily Bible to Bible Study section.
November 6, 1999 - Added ChristiansUnite.com Bible Study Aids site to Bibles page.
October 23, 1999 - Added Web Bible, a multiple translation site, including an Albanian translation. Also put a link to Multilingual Christian Resources at Peggie's Place.
October 22, 1999 - Added 10 Reasons to Believe under Gospel Communications in the Multi-Resource Sites section.
October 15, 1999 - Rewrote the description of this Web site. Removed The Christian Connection because the page has not been updated for a long time. Removed previously marked dead links.
October 14, 1999 - Did some work under Web search engine sites, including grouping affiliated sites together (especially dmoz) and adding NetGuide.
October 10, 1999 - Added Romanian Bible to Bibles page. Added Links2Go Christianity page to Web search engine sites.
October 3, 1999 - Added Online Bible downloadable Bible software and CNET Download.com Religion and Spirituality to VC: Software page. Added Annie's Christian Search page to the Resource List section and Annie's Devotionals page to the Bible Studies section.
October 2, 1999 - Added Peggie's Place under Gospel Communications in the Multi-Resource Sites section, and Daily Bible Reading to the Bible Study section.
September 26, 1999 - Added Online Bible (various languages including Dutch), and a few more KJV Bibles to Bible page.
September 24, 1999 - Added ISV (poetic translation), KJV/RSV Browse, Goshen.net Audio Bible Online, King James (std Gopher Bible), New English Translation (NET) Bible, World English Bible (WEB), Navigating the Bible (English/Hebrew Pentateuch), and NT Apocrypha and Commentary to Bibles page.
September 20, 1999 - Corrected/updated several links, marked others that seem to be dead. Added Crosswalk.com/Goshen.net to Multi-Resource Sites section.
September 19, 1999 - Removed The Yankee Christian because page has not been updated since 1997. Corrected URL for SEBc Resources for Christian Growth.
September 18, 1999 - Added Unbound Bible and Douay-Rheims Bible to Bibles page. Added Netscape to Web Resource Server Sub-Pages and updated the URL for Excite.
September 17, 1999 - Added many new Bibles to VC: Bibles page, including Czech, Indonesian, Korean, Vietamese, and Blue Letter Bible.
September 12, 1999 - Added Olive Tree Bible Software Web Search Engine page to VC: Bibles.
September 11, 1999 - Added Goshen.net Bible Search page to VC: Bibles page and added or fixed links to the Norwegian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French bibles on the Bible Gateway. Added Malayalam NT.
September 9, 1999 - Added Internet Chinese Bible to VC: Bibles page.
August 30, 1999 - Unfortunately, the vc@internetdynamics.com e-mail address was not properly sending e-mail to me, which had been on the page since May 19th. My apologies to anyone who may have sent a question or link suggestion during the past three months. Please re-send any such e-mails. This problem is now fixed.
May 19, 1999 - Changes by Aaron Cardenas, original webmaster of Virtual Christianity, now involved again with the site. Added and ordered many new links in the "Web Resource Server Sub-Pages for Christianity" section, reflecting many of the new and popular search engines that have been established in the past few years. Reorganized the sub-pages (Bibles, Software, this page) into a section at the beginning of Virtual Christianity. Put a summary of the site at the top of the page. With the help of a search engine, corrected some links with changed locations (under the "Resource Lists" section). Also removed two dead links ("Christian Internet Directory" and "On Catholine Doctrine and the Word of God." Changed the e-mail address at the bottom of the page to vc@internetdynamics.com - which Stephen Adkins set up to forward to me.
January 19, 1999 - Improved the "Referer Links" page to include titles, short descriptions, and last modification dates.
October 10, 1998 - Added the Danish Bibles on the Bibles page. Cleaned up/fixed some dead links.
July 8, 1998 - Added the Revised King James Bible (New Testament only) to the Bibles page. Cleaned up a few dead links. Fixed frames interface so that it doesn't get trapped inside the child frame.
July 1, 1998 - In response to many requests for return links from many commendable sites, we have created a "Referer Links" page. Every page which has a link to Virtual Christianity which was traversed to this site by at least one person in the last two months was added to it. Links to this page were added to the main Virtual Christianity page at the end of the Resource Lists section and to the navigator pane of the frames interface. If you would like us to add a link to your site, the best way is to add a prominent link to Virtual Christianity and ensure that the link is navigated by at least one person. We will pick this up in our activity logs and automatically add you to the the Referer Links page.
1993 to 1998 - Virtual Christianity was originally created in 1993 as part of the home page of Aaron Cardenas while a college student at MIT. It started as a personal collection of on-line Christian sites and on-line Bibles. In January of 1998, the page was moved to its current location here at internetdynamics.com and was maintained by Stephen Adkins until May, 1999 when Aaron began taking primary responsibility for the site once again. Stephen continues maintains the Web site with regard to technical issues, such as those in the To Do tasks below. Stephen lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Aaron lives in the Boston, Massachusetts area.

To Do

The following tasks are under consideration for further work.

Improve the attractiveness of the frames interface which is admittedly an initial effort only.
Improve the "Referer Links" page to not interpret a single fetch failure to mean the page is "not found"
Improve the "Referer Links" page to reflect all pages in Altavista and Hotbot which are known to point to the site, even if the access log does not record a link traversal in the last two months
Make a frame interface that will load the Bibles page directly. The current frames interface only loads the Christianity page directly.

I am open to hearing any specific link suggestions that you have for us, as we are constantly keeping up with the changing scenery of the Internet. However, I prefer not to be added to a mailing list without being consulted. I immediately delete any e-mail that does not have my e-mail address in the To: line. Thanks -- Aaron.

Last modified: May 20, 2001 / Aaron Cardenas / vc@internetdynamics.com